würdigen
[ˈvʏʁdɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“würdigen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,637
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandes Leistung anerkennen, jemanden öffentlich wertschätzen und loben
Corpus desk
Index DE-wurdigen · würdigen · German
würdigen · rank #12,637 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,637
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weitergeben
Nearest frequency peer: weitergeben (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „würdigen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wanne
Wanne
87,368 corpus weight
- weht
weht
87,367 corpus weight
- Weinheim
Weinheim
87,366 corpus weight
- weitergeben
weitergeben
87,365 corpus weight
- würdigen
würdigen
87,364 corpus weight
- Zehntausende
Zehntausende
87,361 corpus weight
What this shows „würdigen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | würdigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvʏʁdɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „würdigen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around würdigen (IPA [ˈvʏʁdɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,637 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for würdigen, with forms such as "wrüdigen", "wwürdigen", and "wüdrigen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "würgen", "würdigt", "würdigte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is würdigen, spelled W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandes Leistung anerkennen, jemanden öffentlich wertschätzen und loben
- 2jemanden einer Kleinigkeit (einem Gruß, einer Beachtung, einem Blick, einem Gespräch) für Wert erachten
- 3den Wert oder die Qualität von etwas abschätzen, bestimmen oder festlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how würdigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim Nobelpreis werden jährlich die größten wissenschaftlichen Leistungen gewürdigt.
Niemand wusste zu würdigen, mit welchem Einsatz sie alles zur Rettung der Firma getan hatte.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- wrüdigen
- wwürdigen
- wüdrigen
- würddigen
- würdgien
- würdiegn
- würdigenn
- würdiggen
- würdigne
- würidgen
- würrdigen
- üwrdigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of würdigen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "würdigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).